Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition. Health, Welfare and Performance

Content: 
Front Matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Page ix
Preface, Page xi
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
1 - Gastrointestinal physiology, Pages 3-32
2 - Endocrine and metabolic physiology, Pages 33-63
3 - Factors affecting feed intake, Pages 64-79
4 - Water, Pages 80-95
5 - Energy systems and requirements, Pages 96-112
6 - Amino acids and protein, Pages 113-135
7 - Fat and fatty acids, Pages 136-155
8 - Carbohydrates, Pages 156-167
9 - Vitamins, Pages 168-189
10 - Macro and trace elements in equine nutrition, Pages 190-228
11 - Feeding stallions and broodmares, Pages 231-242
12 - Feeding the growing horse, Pages 243-260
13 - Practical considerations for feeding racehorses, Pages 261-271
14 - Nutritional management of elite endurance horses, Pages 272-288
15 - Nutritional considerations for aged horses, Pages 289-303
16 - Practical donkey and mule nutrition, Pages 304-316
17 - Feedstuffs for horses, Pages 319-331
18 - Pastures and pasture management, Pages 332-350
19 - Specialized dietary supplements, Pages 351-366
20 - Feed hygiene and related disorders in horses, Pages 367-380
21 - The manufacturers' role in feed quality and safety: A discussion on methods used in feed manufacturing processes to assure feed hygiene and safety, Pages 381-389
22 - Assessment of body condition and bodyweight, Pages 393-404
23 - Ration evaluation and formulation, Pages 405-424
24 - Assessment of nutritional status from analysis of blood and other tissue samples, Pages 425-442
25 - Effects of diet on behavior – normal and abnormal, Pages 443-454
26 - Controversial areas in equine nutrition and feeding management: The Editors' views, Pages 455-465
27 - Laminitis, Pages 469-486
28 - Obesity, Pages 487-502
29 - Feeding thin and starved horses, Pages 503-511
30 - Hyperlipemia, Pages 512-520
31 - Exercise-associated muscle disorders, Pages 521-535
32 - Developmental orthopedic disease, Pages 536-548
33 - Oral joint supplements in the management of osteoarthritis, Pages 549-557
34 - Gastric ulceration, Pages 558-567
35 - Intestinal disease, Pages 568-581
36 - Urinary tract disease, Pages 582-591
37 - Hepatic insufficiency, Pages 592-596
38 - Nutritional considerations in grass sickness, botulism, equine motor neuron disease and equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy, Pages 597-606
39 - Feeding management pre- and post-surgery, Pages 607-617
40 - Feeding orphan and sick foals, Pages 618-627
41 - Assisted enteral and parenteral feeding, Pages 628-637
Appendix - Nutritional requirements, recommendations and example diets, Pages 639-658
Glossary, Page 659
Index, Pages 661-679